Newbie questions (movements, best practices, etc.)

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hezi
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Hi Everybody,
i've just started making my first game using cocos2d + box2d.
everything is pretty much ok so far, but i've been having some problems with moving and animating my sprite+body.

i've subclassed ccsprite for each game entity (hero, enemy, etc) each object creates its box2d body.
my logic says each object should handle its movement tried moving with a tick method and with actions, was wondering what's better. what do you say? any best practices?

another thing i was wondering was how to create complex movements, where the objects has a main destination and path but its movement should also be a bit randomized take a look here to see what i mean: http://hezicohen.com/move.gif

thanks in advance,
hezi.

Posted 1 year ago #
hezi
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no one? :(

Posted 1 year ago #
zenkimoto
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@hezi

Well, that is similar to my logic. If each of your game entities are sprites, yeah you can subclass a CCSprite and add Box2D elements to it. Personally, I would not use actions as much if you're using a physics engine. I would let the physics engine handle the positioning/movement. Hope this helps.

EDIT: For moving objects, you should assign the Box2D objects velocities or apply forces. I'm not sure how you would do that with complex movement.

Posted 1 year ago #

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